SOMERSWORTH — One evening between 2003 and 2004, Somersworth Housing Authority's then fiscal director Lisa A. Reid came home from work at the housing agency with a check for $120,000 written to her from one of the organization's accounts.

She showed her husband Scott the check and said she could "take care of everything." Scott told her cashing the check and using the money for personal gain was stealing and watched as she ripped up the check and threw the pieces away.

Seven to eight years later, Scott, of Rochester, sat down with Somersworth Police and discovered the extent of his wife's theft of more than $927,000 from her former place of employment.

While he believed a potential theft was averted when Lisa destroyed the check, little did the avid bowler and business owner realize the theft continued and eventually funded the majority of their lifestyle between 2004 and 2011. According to the 66-page police report concerning the investigation, Somersworth Police first interviewed Scott on Dec. 12 at 11 a.m. Scott brought two laptops and a home computer with him to the interview for police to examine.

Scott told police on Dec. 6 at 7:45 a.m. Lisa came home, told him she had been fired and said she had stolen $8,853 from one of the housing accounts that wasn't monitored. She said she was the only one involved in the theft and told her husband she had left "a good paper trail" for the theft that she said took place over several years.

After this revelation, the two went about their day, with Scott going to a bowling league that evening that Lisa insisted he attend. Scott told police the next time he saw Lisa she was drunk at the couple's store, Cozy Home Primitives, with her father who was blaming Scott for Lisa's theft.

The family left the store that evening. On Dec. 7, Lisa was found dead in her home from an apparent suicide by drug overdose. Scott said the family's house was also on the brink of foreclosure. However, Lisa was able to save the home with cash on hand.

Scott told police that whenever he questioned where the money was coming from, Lisa told him she had cashed in a 401(k) or a retirement plan. At the end of this interview, Scott asked if he could have the computers back eventually because they all contained family photos and keepsakes that he wanted to retain. Police assured Scott they would return the computers to him.

On Dec, 16, Somersworth Police served a search warrant to Scott at his home in Rochester. Some of the items mentioned in the warrant included an iPad, iPhone, Blackberry and a Barnes and Noble Nook reader.

Scott told police he did not have any of the items requested in the warrant. Scott said he was short on cash and had sold the iPad. Scott also said Lisa didn't like the Blackberry and she had given it to her mother. Lastly, because Lisa was "connected" to the iPhone, it had been buried with her.

Scott said he could retrieve all the items requested, with exception of the iPhone, if they were needed for the investigation. Scott continued with the interview by telling police that Lisa handled the family's finances due to a past gambling addiction he was recovering from. Scott discussed some of the family's assets, including cars, campers and two time shares, as well the family's numerous annual vacations.

Scott said there were more computers Lisa had access to at the family store, Cozy Home Primitives. On Dec. 19, Scott delivered Lisa's iPad and Nook to the Somersworth Police Department. On Dec. 20, Somersworth and Rochester PD's executed a search warrant at the family's store and seized two computers as well as financial documents from the store. These documents indicated that approximately $26,207.86 was spent on items for the store from September to November 2011.

In this same time period, the store generated approximately $3,585.07 in business, minus a few returned items. The next time police spoke with Scott was on Jan. 4, 2012 when they initiated contact with the widower because of some allegations from SHA Executive Director Beth Salinger that she believed Lisa had hidden money at her grandmother's house.

Scott said Lisa had visited her grandmother's house frequently until Lisa started having an affair.

Scott said he didn't think Lisa would have hidden money at her grandmother's house and said he had checked in the camper and cars to see if Lisa had hidden money around her belongings. Scott did not find money.

This is the last formal interview conducted with Scott that is contained in the police report.